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Why Weight? A Guide to Ending Compulsive Eating [Paperback]

Geneen Roth
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Book Description

June 30, 1989
With the publication of her ground-breaking books, Feeding the Hungry Heart, and Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth has helped hundred of thousands of people win their battle against the destructive binge-diet cycle. Now this remarkable companion workbook shows compulsive eaters—in a constructive, non-judgmental way—how to stop using food as a substitute for handling difficult emotions or situations … and how to enjoy eating and still lose weight naturally. By using the liberating exercises and techniques developed by Geneen Roth in her highly succesful Breaking Free® workshops, dieters, who've tried every conceivable diet—losing weight again and again, only to gain it back—and bingers, who are harming their health, can learn wholesome, beneficial ways to achieve their goals. This proven program offers reassuring guidlines on:

  • Letting food become a source of pleasure rather than anxiety
  • Kicking the scale-watching the habit—forever!
  • Recognizing the difference between physical and emotional hungers
  • Learning to say no
  • Listening to, and trusting, your body's hunger and fullness signals
  • Distinguishing "forbidden foods" from those you truly want
  • Uncovering the conflicts that stand between your desire to lose weight and your urge to eat compulsively
  • Discovering other pleasures besides food


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About the Author

Geneen Roth is a writer and a teacher who has gained international prominence through her work in the field of eating disorders. She is the founder of the Breaking Free workshops, which she has conducted nationwide since 1979. She is also the author of Feeding the Hungry Heart, Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, and When Food is Love. A frequent guest on television and radio programs, she has written for and been featured in Tie, Ms., New Woman, Family Circle, and Cosmopolitan. Her poetry and short stories have been published in numerous anthologies. Born in New York City, she now lives in northern California.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Plume; First Printing edition (June 30, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0452262542
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452262546
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Geneen Roth is the author of the bestseller, When Food is Love and seven other books. She has conducted workshops for over thirty years and has lead retreats for the past ten.

Roth is a frequent contributor to many publications including Salon.com, Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping and has appeared on numerous national shows from Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, and The View, to Primetime Live and NPR's Talk of the Nation.

Customer Reviews

This book made that happen and I think it will continue having that kind of positive effect. GreenEggs-N-Ham  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
My first diet started when I was 15 at 102 pounds! Maria  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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182 of 182 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars has changed my attitudes toward myself and toward food December 11, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Roth has created a wonderful, insightful compilation of exercises which, when combined with a lot of hard work on your part, can change your life. She will change your feelings about yourself and about why you eat. The exercises take a long time to get through because they are so emotionally demanding, but it is a worthwhile process. If you are ready to take a hard look at what really motivates you to open your cupboard, and examine those dark feelings you hide even from yourself, buy this book.
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148 of 152 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A CYNIC NO MORE June 15, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
When I saw that this book was a "companion" to the "Breaking Free...", I said 'yeah, right...clever ruse to make more money'. OK, I was wrong. This book reaches inside, grabs ahold, and drags untouched feelings to the surface, kicking and screaming the whole way. This is a MUST READ for anyone who is serious about the topic of compulsive eating. AND THIS BOOK IS NOT JUST FOR FAT PEOPLE! Anyone who is concerned with better health and self-control, or who just might have been "spoken to" by the mere notion or plain curiousity, needs to devour this book. It is life changing material, yes it is!
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86 of 87 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback

Geneen Roth has a deceptively simple idea to offer her readers. She's not advocating some ridiculous fad or some new diet plan. Instead, Geneen's idea is that through years of cycling through diet and deprivation followed by bingeing, we have lost touch with our innate sense of when we are hungry or full. It is only by learning how to listen to our bodies that we can finally get out of the madness of compulsive eating and regain peace and control in our lives.

In this book, Geneen Roth takes this concept which she has previously outlined one very important step further: it is broken into simple steps and exercises. The book is in workbook format to help us on our journey towards learning how to identify true hunger and nourish ourselves. The exercises help the reader to really focus on each step.

Geneen's views on compulsive eating are truly a breakthrough in our diet culture. Her ideas are a welcome relief from the constant bombardment of new diet plans which ultimately fail. Geneen leaves us feeling good about who we are regardless of size and making us realize that our compulsive eating is not crazy nor is it incurable

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Keep Trying
I don't like books where one has to fill in questions and answers, as relevant as they are.....feels like a school project!!!
Published 6 days ago by MOMMaJ
1.0 out of 5 stars Not Sure
This is such a personal topic, it did not motivate me, maybe I was not in the right state of mind and will try again, for now on the shelf
Published 1 month ago by tricia smith
3.0 out of 5 stars Still working through this
Geneen Roth has a technique where we stop judging ourselves and start loving ourselves. To stop hiding our desire to eat from others because this is a form of negative shame. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Leigh Powell
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Geneen Roth Classic
A good read, as expected from Geneen Roth. Very similar ideas to her other books, but if you aren't familiar with her stuff or want more, this is a great one to pick up.
Published 4 months ago by krissypants83
2.0 out of 5 stars Yuck!
I didn't like this book. Not my style. More about her than anything else. I need good advice. This wasn't it.
Published 5 months ago by Noneofyourbusiness
5.0 out of 5 stars Tired of the Diet Yo-Yo?
This book is part of her on-going series about getting off the diet/binge rollercoaster. This workbook is designed to ask the tough questions about why we, (each one of us)... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sandy S
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, Kind and Timeless Guide
Geneen Roth wrote a thoughtful, generous, compassionate and realistic guide to ending compulsive eating. If you struggle with this issue you will find that Roth, in Why Weight? Read more
Published 11 months ago by Joanna Poppink
5.0 out of 5 stars Are you willing to do anything to lose weight?
If you are willing to do anything to lose weight, then you'll be willing to sit down and do these exercises. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Reader
3.0 out of 5 stars Had some good parts, but more of a workbook than anything.
I found that some of the stuff in this book was helpful to a certain extent. I could relate to the things the author was trying to convey, and she make some good points. Read more
Published on April 6, 2011 by Aila Barabin
5.0 out of 5 stars very good self help tool for weight related issues
Geneen is an expert in understanding the issues around weight, body image, etc. This is a great tool in helping you get in touch with your ideas, feelings, baggage associated with... Read more
Published on April 5, 2011 by R. Wright
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